Missing girl found dead in suspected witchcraft at Magadi town

Team Udayavani, Mar 4, 2017, 1:01 PM IST

Magadi: A ten year old girl Ayesha has allegedly become a victim of witchcraft after her dead body was found under suspicious circumstances near a trench located on Hoshalli Road in Magadi town on Friday. The girl was found missing from late evening hours of March 01 and following the incident her parents had filed a complaint in Magadi police station.

The girl was brutally killed and her both hands were tied on her back.  The  things found near her dead body were usually used for witchcraft, the local people said. Based on this, the people suspect that the girl might have killed by the wizard.

IGP Seemanth Kumar and other senior police officials have visited the spot and the parents of the girl when the body was found on Friday. The police made elaborate security arrangement before transporting the body for post mortem to ensure peace on the spot as huge number of people from nearby area came to spot.